Word: beanpots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Never before had all four teams won in successive years as Northeastern had in 1980, Harvard in 1981, Boston University in 1982 and B.C. in 1983. And it wasn't really until the last four years that the Beanpot became a tournament of upsets. Of course there were upsets in years past, but generally the team that was preeminent in Eastern hockey dominated the Beanpot--B.C., winning eight of the 13 titles from 1952 to 1965, and B.U., winning 10 of the 14 'Pots from...
...contrast, betting on the Beanpot has become a hazardous hobby in the '80s. Northeastern came out of nowhere in 1980, with a 3-11 pre-tournament record; first-round opponent B.U. had won 16 straight semifinals. N.U. stunned the Terriers in sudden death, 6-5. The following week's victims from the Heights were top-rated in the ECAC...
That miracle at the Garden put the Huntington Ave Hounds on a roll A year later, they won 13 in a row, soared to the top of the national polls and were written up in Sports Illustrated before a couple of close losses the week before the Beanpot. Sure enough, a Harvard team with an anemic offense perpetrated a stupendous upset in the first round. As the Crimson fans would say, the Northeastern net was a funnel--no, a vacuum--no, a black hole--as it sucked in 10 Crimson goals. A week later, the Harvard defense shined...
...long as the Beanpot is perceived as a tournament of constant upsets, the underdogs will have that extra edge and the favorites will continue to be a little nervous. It the trend keeps up, it should be a long time before any team gets a lock on the Beanpot once again as B.C. and B.C. did. And it your trying to pick up a little extra money on the first two Mondays in February, you'd be better off scalping extra tickets than betting on the outcome inside...
...bother Cleary, though--With Yale falling to 5-9 and Cornell sinking to 5-10 (after a 6-3 loss at Vermont Saturday), Harvard's 7-7-1 conference record gives it the inside track to the Ivy division title and the accompanying ECAC playoff seed, And with the Beanpot starting tonight at 6-15, the Crimson has a red-hot goalie. Two periods of no offense not-withstanding, Cleary was pleased...